This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

A local prank turned town icon.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.

A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.